Artwork > Vienna Dioscorides Series

2023
Tree House Leek
Thread & Organza
14.5” x 11.25”
2018
Squirting Cucumber
Thread & Organza
12.5" x 11.75"
2019
Storksbill
Thread & Organza
13.5" x 11.5"
2019
Sea Daffodil
Thread & Organza
14.75" x 9.75"
2019
Rose
Thread & Organza
14.25" x 10.5"
2019
Orange Daylily
Thread & Organza
15.25" x 11.75"
2019
Narrowleaf Lupine
Thread & Organza
14.5" x 11"
2019
Maidenhair Fern
Thread & Organza
11.5" x 11.75"
2019
Garland Chrysanthemum
Thread & Organza
14.75" x 11"
2019
Branched Asphodel
Thread & Organza
13.25" x 8.5"
2019
Dyer's Bugloss
Thread & Organza
12.75" x 11"
2019
Water Horsetail
Thread & Organza
15" x 9.5"
2019
Dragon Arum
Thread & Organza
12.75" x 12"
2018
Tree House Leek
Thread & Organza
14.5” x 11.25”
2018
Wild Parsnip
Thread & Organza
14" x 9.13"
2018
Sweet Violet
Thread & Organza
13.75" x 11"
2018
Chaste Tree
Thread & Organza
14.5" x 11.25"
2018
Caraway
Thread & Organza
14.75" x 10.75"
2018
Turnip
Thread & Organza
13" x 11.25"
2017
Wooly Blackberry
Thread & Organza
14.5" x 11.5"
2017
Rosemary
Thread & Organza
14.25 x 10.5
2017
Lemon Balm
Thread & Organza
13.25" x 11.5"
2017
European Wild Ginger
Thread & Organza
11" x 12.5"
2017
Wild Carrot
Thread & Organza
14.25" x 11"
2017
Lettuce
Thread & Organza
11.5" x 11"
2017
Arugula
Thread & Organza
12" x 11.5"
2017
Sweet Basil
Thread & Organza
13.5" x 11"
2017
Wild Cabbage
Thread & Organza
13.5" x 11.25"
2017
Celery
Thread & Organza
14.25" x 11.75"
2017
Dill
Thread & Organza
14" x 11.5"
2017
Spearmint
Thread & Organza
14.75" x 11.75"
2017
Garlic
Thread & Organza
13.5" x 11.75"
2017
White Mustard
Thread & Organza
14" x 10"
2017
Fava Bean
Thread & Organza
14.25" x 9.5"
2017
Giant Fennel
Thread & Organza
15" x 12"
2017
Black Elderberry
Thread & Organza
13.5" x 11.5"
2017
Coriander
Thread & Organza
13.5" x 10.5"
2017
Cumin
Thread & Organza
14" x 11.5"
2017
Chickpea
Thread & Organza
13.25" x 11"
2017
Common Purslane
Thread & Organza
12" x 11"
2017
Radish
Thread & Organza
13.5" x 10"
2017
Creeping Thyme
Thread & Organza
13.5" x 11"
2017
Leek
Thread & Organza
13.75" x 8"
2017
Castor Bean
Thread & Organza
13" x 11"
2016
Sea Orache
Thread & Organza
13.75" 11.5"
2016
Purple Nut Sedge
Thread & Organza
13.5" X 9"
2016
Bearded Iris
Thread & Organza
14" x 10.5"
2016
Yarrow
Thread & Organza
14" x 10.75"
2016
Wild Arum
Thread & Organza
12.75" x 10.75"
2016
Wormwood
Thread & Organza
13" x 9.5"
2016
Cowpea
Thread & Organza
12.75" x 10.5"
2016

The Vienna Dioscorides series recontextualized the historic role of a needlework sampler, while reflecting on the importance of maintaining plant diversity, not only for individual health, but healthy communities and ecosystems. Rather than collect and preserve stitches and patterns, I preserved ancient medicinal plants using free-motion embroidery. Several of the plants depicted in the illuminated herbal manuscript, the Vienna Dioscorides (512 AD), are still known to us today. These plants create a connection to this ancient text, linking past to present.